Rachel's dad Kev recalls how his daughter was a lively teen, but she is now battling dementia

But the pretty mum-of-one wasn’t always ill – until just a few years ago she worked with young children, was a single mum to her daughter Brooke, now eight, and loved going out with her friends and travelling the world.

In pictures from just five years ago, taken at her dad Kev Potter’s wedding to wife Melanie, 39, she’s pictured in her bridesmaid dress beaming alongside Brooke.

But now she has forgotten even simple things – like how to use the washing machine and how to get to and from her home.